Harmanpreet Singh paid a moving tribute to the retiring PR Sreejesh and called for a desperate effort from his team to clinch the gold medal in the Paris Olympics only for 'Sreejesh'. 

An era will end in Indian hockey after the Paris Olympics, regardless of whether the team wins another medal or not, with long-time goalkeeper and former captain PR Sreejesh announcing that he will retire after the Games. 

Sreejesh, who made his senior debut in 2006, has been one of the key figures in the Indian team that progressively improved on their performances at the Olympics after failing to qualify in 2008, eventually winning their first Games medal since 1980 in 2021.

Harmanpreet Singh, the captain of the men's team, is one of many players who benefitted from Sreejesh's presence as a mentor in the 2016 Junior World Cup. 

Sreejesh, recovering from a long-term injury, was in the thick of the campaign as a mentor to the players as India won their second Junior World Cup title. Harmanpreet recalled that and made a rallying cry to the team in Paris to win another Olympic medal for Sreejesh.